by Genevieve Rajewski August 26, 2026 Food & Nutrition , Health , Obesity , Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging , Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Share For decades, the red pigment lycopene has been considered the tomato’s star nutrient. But new research from Tufts University suggests that phytoene, a colorless precursor of lycopene, may also contribute to tomatoes’ protective effects against a form of chronic fatty liver disease affecting up to 38% of U.S. a
by Mary-Russell Roberson August 25, 2026 Healthcare , Biomedical Science , Public Health , School of Medicine , Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Share When pharmaceutical companies want to make their clinical trials faster and more efficient, they look at data compiled by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD). When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to know how the regulatory process affects drug development and approval times, they do the same. The U.S.
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by Kara Baskin August 24, 2026 Visual Arts , Climate & Sustainability , School of the Museum of Fine Arts , School of Arts and Sciences , Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Share At SMFA at Tufts, five raised garden beds along Museum Way produce something more unusual than tomatoes or zucchini: They’re growing art supplies. The fiber and dye garden brims with plants that, come fall, are harvested as pigments, inks, paper, and textiles. These include orange cosmos, Hopi black dye sunflowers, sa
